90767 Achievement standard

Geological History of New Zealand

1: New Zealand’s geological history refers to geological processes and events.

2: Geological processes include:

• plate tectonics (subduction and plate spreading)
• mountain-building
• peneplanation.

3: Geological events are limited to:

• pre-Gondwanaland events
• breakup of Gondwanaland
• Tuhua, Rangitata and Kaikoura orogenies and their associated rock types
• Tertiary peneplanation
• ice ages.

Past papers
Geology Sept 09 exam wth answers: (note that to reduce file size, this is a 'screen resolution' pdf print, so is not suitable for other schools to copy for exam material)

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